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Cebu Pacific's contribution to the boom of local aviation industry is tremendous. That is why I totally agree with their tag line "Cebu Pacific - Why Everyone Flies". I love Cebu Pacific and how they set the trend for low-cost flying. But in this article, I would like to voice out my concern regarding the three items Cebu Pacific is doing in their online booking process, that in my viewpoint, are deceptive in nature. 1. Default Baggage Allowance for ALL passengers When customers are not careful, they might unintentionally buy 20kg of baggage because it's the default setting. And you have to check manage per passenger link to set up the baggage for each passenger. So, imagine if you're booking for 5 persons and you want a baggage allowance just for two persons, you will end up paying 3000 pesos instead of just 1200 Pesos. That is if you intended to buy 20kg of baggage and not just 15kg. What if you only want to buy baggage on one way? While I agree that havin...

I'm not really sure why PAL is having this promo, but yes, it was interesting. Starting today until June 30, you can select your seats for FREE on all their domestic flights using their online seat selector while booking your tickets. Here's the promo poster from Facebook.

Last month, Singaporean-brand low-cost airline Tigerair made its debut in the Philippines. Although their presence is already felt a few months before that (because local airline company SEAIR is marketing them), their full entry was set last month.

Most people think that the chance of survival in an airline accident is slim. For that reason, safety is the number one priority in civil aviation industry. Airline makers are always improving their designs to make  air travel safer. Now, air travel is considered to be the safest form of travel surpassing land and sea transportation. While international aviation organizations continues to improve the safety standards of airlines, accident still happens. And the Philippines had a fair share in the list of those. Here are some of the worst.

Last time, I wrote an article entitled Cebu Pacific Offers The Cheapest Baggage Allowance . But now, things have changed. Yesterday, I booked a flight from Cebu to Davao and noticed a change in their baggage prices. Here are the changes in the prices of domestic flight baggage allowances: BEFORE 15 kg - 150 Pesos 20 kg - 280 Pesos 30 kg - 450 Pesos 45 kg - 900 Pesos AFTER (CURRENT) 15 kg - 180 Pesos 20 kg - 300 Pesos 30 kg - 600 Pesos 45 kg - 1100 Pesos In their website, Cebu Pacific indicated that the prices were updated this month, March 2013. Cheapest Baggage Among the Airlines With these changes implemented, Tiger-SEAIR and Zest Airways now offers the cheapest baggage allowance among all other airlines in the country. Here's the comparison. Weight Cebu Pacific Airphil Express Tiger Airways Zest Air 15 kg 180 400 168 168 20 kg 300 800 280 280 25 kg 600 1200 448 448 30 kg - - 784 784 45 kg 1100 - - - Notes : - data above was for domestic travel...